Ronda Rousey has already accomplished a great deal in her combat sports career. With an Olympic medal in judo, the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title and the UFC women’s bantamweight title all sitting on her mantel, she already owns one of the most impressive resumes in MMA today.
That isn’t stopping her from adding to her legacy, though.
At UFC 184, Rousey turned in a record-setting performance against Cat Zingano. Her victory, which she secured by submission via armlock in just 14 seconds, broke the record for the quickest win in a UFC title fight and the record for the fastest submission win in UFC history:
Ronda Rousey‘s win was the quickest in UFC title fight history (14 seconds).
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 1, 2015
The quickest championship-bout win was previously held by former heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski. “The Pitbull” scored a controversial knockout victory over Paul Buentello at UFC 55 when he clipped him with a lead hook as Buentello stepped in. Also worth noting is that Rousey actually came very close to breaking the record once before, with her 16-second TKO victory over Alexis Davis at UFC 175.
On the “fastest submission win” front, Rousey broke the record previously held by Marcus Aurelio. Aurelio set the record in 2008 by defeating Ryan Roberts with an armbar in 16 seconds at UFC Fight Night 13.
According to FightMetric’s Michael Carroll, in addition to her single fight records, she is also closing in on the record for most championship finishes in UFC history. With five to her name, she is currently tied with Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Frank Shamrock, BJ Penn and Jon Jones, and sits behind only Matt Hughes (who has eight total stoppages) and Anderson Silva (nine).
All of Rousey‘s 11 career victories have come via stop; 10 of them have come in the first round, and eight of them have come in the opening minute.
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